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Why is Dragon Army so laser-focused on mobile?

Jeff Hilimire

I get this question all the time from friends and peers in the industry, “Why only focus on mobile? Why not have a specialty in mobile, but allow Dragon Army to do other areas of digital marketing, like social media and web development?” We could grow faster if we did more than just mobile, for sure.

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The R/GA Connected Devices Accelerator, Powered by Techstars

Feld Thoughts

R/GA is part of Interpublic Group of Companies, one of four global ad holding companies, and is the most award-winning agency in the digital world today. The Internet has rapidly expanded beyond desktop, server, laptop, and mobile computers and connected itself to many of the different devices in our everyday life.

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A Startup’s First Steps: What’s In A Name?

Gust

Historically, most bricks-and-mortar businesses were named after their founders, and large corporations often have a publicly traded parent company that holds all of the stock in many operating units that have familiar or famous names (e.g., AMR as holding company for American Airlines).

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Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Well it’s not that unusual for a patent troll or “IP holding company” like Leader to pursue patent litigation against a large number of targets, regardless what the merit. It is more remarkable for a large, well-known company that’s an actual operating business like Yahoo! link] leehower. link] Harry.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

GM was first a holding company when it was established in 1908 by William C. The method in which Joe Coulombe turned his company around is the best example of a successful business or entrepreneurial turnaround tale. Thanks to Jason Baker, Emerald House Cleaning ! #17- 17- General Motors. Photo Credit: Christopher Andrew.

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12 Tips To Leading Your Best Life (2/12)

Jeff Hilimire

I’m kinda proud of the guy (But I’m so not ready for him to go away for college ) A quick update on Purpose Group Purpose Group , the purpose-driven holding company that I founded with Jonathan Morgan and David Cummings, is off to a great start. (My And that’s when the idea hit me: why not put on a website-building hackathon?

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15 Famous Companies That Started As Something Much Different

YoungUpstarts

These 15 famous companies did just that, all changing in dramatic ways to become totally different than their former selves. Multinational conglomerate holding company Berkshire Hathaway is best known for its control investor, Warren Buffett, who has grown the company by investing not just in stocks, but in entire companies.